Read those labels with care! Lately, you may have noticed a series of hieroglyphics popping up on your laundryâs care labels. Where once, sage words like, âMachine wash warm, tumble dry low,â informed your laundering decisions, now youâre greeted with a cryptic symbol.
Defining philosophy is as difficult as trying to define love. The word philosophy is not much help. Philosophy is a combination of two Greek words, philein sophia, meaning lover of wisdom. In ancient times a lover of wisdom could be related to any area where intelligence was expressed. This could be in business, politics, human relations, or carpentry and other skills.
Introduction to Philosophy. In the Phaedo, Socrates says that philosophy is a preparation for the death that awaits us all. When the mind is engaged in philosophy it is free of concerns and dwells in the domain of ideas. Our minds enter a spiritual region transcending the death of our corporeal experience.